# Timeline of Toulouse

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulouse, France.

## Prior to 18th century

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* 106 BCE - Romans in power.
* 3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.
* 250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse.
* 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.
* 419 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439)
* 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458)
* 508 - Clovis I in power.
* 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.
* 715-720 - Besieged by the Saracens.
* 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
* 767 - Siege of Toulouse (767)
* 778
** Torson becomes count of Toulouse.
** Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.
* 780/781 - Charlemagne appoints his little son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine, with Toulouse for his chief city.
* Late 9th C - Counts of Toulouse in power.
* 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
* 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).
* 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.
* 1180 - Daurade Bridge [fr] opens (approximate date).
* 1215 - Saint Dominic creates a community of friars in Toulouse, approved by the pope in 1216 which gives it the name of Order of Preachers.
* 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
* 1219 - Siege of Toulouse (1219) [fr].
* 1229
** University of Toulouse established.
** Inquisition begins.
* 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
* 1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse.
* 1302 - Parliament established.
* 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
* 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.
* 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).
* 1347 - Black Death plague.
* 1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins.
* 1443 - Creation of the Parlement of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France.
* 1463 - Fire.
* 1529 - Toulouse Municipal Archives [fr] housed in a tower at the Capitole.
* 1549 - Château Narbonnais dismantled.
* 1562
** 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
** Hôtel d'Assézat completed.
* 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
* 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.
* 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.

## 18th-19th centuries

* 1726 - Art school opens.
* 1746 - Académie royale des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres [fr] established.
* 1754 - Jardin Royal and Grand Rond [fr] parks created.
* 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.
* 1772 - Bibliothèque du Clergé de Toulouse [fr] (library) established.
* 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
* 1781
** Parc de Reynerie [fr] created.
** Brouilhet's reading room opens.
* 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.
* 1793 - Population: 52,612.
* 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
* 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.
* 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).
* 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
* 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.
* 1844 - Pont Saint-Michel (Toulouse) [fr] (bridge) built.
* 1851 - Population: 95,277.
* 1852 - Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse [fr] (bridge) built.
* 1856 - Toulouse railway network established.
* 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
* 1862 - Toulouse tramway (1862) [fr] begins operating.
* 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.
* 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.
* 1874 - Le Florida [fr] cafe established.
* 1876 - Population: 131,642.
* 1886 - Population: 147,617.
* 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.
* 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.
* 1895 - Croix du Midi [fr] newspaper begins publication.

## 20th century
### 1900s-1940s

* 1903
** July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse.
** Toulouse Business School established.
* 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune.
* 1907 - Musée du Vieux Toulouse [fr] founded.
* 1910 - Café Bibent [fr] built.
* 1911 - Population: 149,576.
* 1935 - Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine [fr] (library) built.
* 1936 - Population: 213,220.
* 1937
** Toulouse Football Club formed.
** Stadium Municipal opens.

### 1950s-2000

* 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
* 1962
** Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
** Population: 323,724.
* 1964 - Cinémathèque de Toulouse [fr] and Théâtre Sorano [fr] established.
* 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
* 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed, and Airbus (Airbus Industrie) has been founded
* 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor.
* 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.
* 1978 - Toulouse Graphic Arts Center [fr] established.
* 1981
** Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active.
** Toulouse Japanese garden [fr] established.
** Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain.
* 1982 - Nouveau théâtre Jules-Julien [fr] established.
* 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
* 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
* 1988 - Théâtre Garonne [fr] opens.
* 1993
** Toulouse Metro begins operating.
** Utopia (cinema) [fr] opens.
* 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
* 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
* 1999
** Zénith de Toulouse [fr] auditorium opens.
** Population: 390,350.

## 21st century
### 2000s

* 2001
** 21 September: Toulouse chemical factory explosion.
** Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created.
* 2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens.
* 2009
** Urban community of Greater Toulouse created.
** Aeronautical literary festival begins.

### 2010s

* 2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating.
* 2012
** March: 2012 Toulouse shootings.
** October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
** Population: 461,190.
* 2014
** March: Toulouse municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
** Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
* 2015 - December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
* 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.